“It took some time and a lot of work, but we are very happy with
this fight,” Tachi Palace Hotel and Casino Entertainment
Coordinator Jeremy
Luchau told Sherdog.com. “Georgi is a well-rounded veteran and
we are excited to have him on the roster and fighting a
fan-favorite like Isaac.”

The title bout will occupy one of the top slots on TPF 11
“Redemption,” set to go down Dec. 2 at the Tachi Palace in
Lemoore, Calif. The company’s flyweight champ, top-ranked
125-pounder Ian McCall,
will defend his belt on the same card against former WEC and UFC
talent Will
Campuzano.

A two-time Bellator featherweight tournament participant,
26-year-old Karakhanyan (Pictured) posted a 2-2 record in the
circular cage, scoring wins over Bao Quach and
Anthony
Leone while falling to eventual tourney winners Joe Warren
and Patricio
Freire. Since departing the promotion earlier this year, the
Millennia MMA representative has notched a pair of first-round
submission wins on local shows in California.

DeJesus was originally slated to meet Yagin before the “Filipino
Phenom” departed for the big show. The Stockton, Calif., resident
will look to get back against Karakhanyan following a turbulent 14
months.

After suffering first-round defeats to Rob
McCullough and Micah
Miller in non-title bouts, DeJesus missed weight for his May
defense against Russ Miura and
was stripped of his Tachi gold. While he would punch Miura out in
less than three minutes at TPF 9, the victory was ruled a
no-contest by the California State Athletic Commission and DeJesus
was suspended for six months after testing positive for
marijuana.